Steven Jay "Steve" Cohen (born August 29, 1955) is an American former Olympic judoka and Olympic coach. He won the US National Judo Championships in 1974, 1975, 1977, 1985, and 1987. He won a gold medal at the 1973 Maccabiah Games, a bronze medal at the

1975 Pan American Games The 1975 Pan American Games were held in Mexico City, Mexico, from October 12 to October 26, 1975, exactly twenty years after the second Pan American Games were held there. It was the third major sporting event held in the Mexican capital in seve ...

, and a silver medal at the 1986

Goodwill Games The Goodwill Games were an international sports competition created by Ted Turner in reaction to the political troubles surrounding the Olympic Games of the 1980s. In 1979, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan caused the United States and other ...

Early and personal life

Cohen was born in

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, and is Jewish. He taught judo at his own club, and became CEO of food ingredient company Z-Trim Holdings."Steven Jay COHEN,"
Olympics.com. He lives in Grayslake, Illinois. Cohen's brother

Irwin Cohen Irwin Lee Cohen (January 21, 1952 – August 27, 2012) was an American judoka who represented the United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. He won a gold medal at the 1973 Maccabiah Games in Israel, and a silver medal at the ...

and two nephews Aaron Cohen and Richard are all accomplished judoka.

Judo career

Cohen is a 7th-degree black belt. He won a gold medal at the 1973 Maccabiah Games in Israel in judo, at 176 pounds. He won the US National Judo Championships in 1974 (U93), 1975 (U80), 1977 (U78), 1985 (O95), and 1987 (O95). Cohen won the bronze medal in the -80kg division at the

. In 1986 he won a silver medal at the

as a heavyweight. He came out of retirement and competed as a member of the 1988 Olympic Judo team for the United States as a heavyweight at 33 years of age, and came in 13th. He competed in the 95kg division.

Coaching career

He was the coach of the Olympic team in 2000. He now coaches judo. Among his students have been five-time US champion Aaron Cohen, three-time Olympian and Pam American Games bronze medalist

Colleen Rosensteel Colleen Rosensteel (born March 13, 1967) is an American judoka and a Pan American games silver medalist. Biography Rosensteel was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. She attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she was a ...

, two-time Olympian and Pan American Games bronze medalist Martin Boonzaayer, junior world champion and two-time Olympian

Hillary Wolf Hillary Jocelyn Wolf (born February 7, 1977) is an American former child actress and judoka. Career Wolf is best known for playing Megan, the sister of Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) in the ''Home Alone'' series. She also starred as the lead characte ...

, and Olympic silver medalist

Robert Berland Robert "Bobby" Berland (born November 5, 1961, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American judoka who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. Berland is Jewish. In 1984 he won the silver in the under 86 kg (Middlewei ...

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* 1955 births Living people American male judoka American Olympic coaches Competitors at the 1973 Maccabiah Games Jewish martial artists Jewish American sportspeople Maccabiah Games medalists in judo Maccabiah Games gold medalists for the United States Olympic judoka of the United States Judoka at the 1988 Summer Olympics Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in judo Goodwill Games medalists in judo Judoka at the 1975 Pan American Games Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games {{US-judo-bio-stub